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All the News that's Fit to Print THE BEST NEWSPAPER I AT LEAST TO BE DEAD Explosion Causes Fearful Hav oc in Workings, and Es cape Is Cut Off. FIRE FOLLOWS AND ADDS TO HORROR Fresh Air Supply Is Headed Off and Total of 560 Be lieved Doomed. unitip i'XHiis LuaiD.vm. , Cardiff, Wales, Oct. 14. That 560 miners in the west galleries of - the Singbenydd colliery hopelessly are doomed, as a result of the explosion in the mine, was admitted by officials this afternoon. . " Fire, following the explosion, has spread to the airshaft; intake at that hour, cutting the survivors off from fresh air.' ' At least 100 are known to be dead. All Hope Abandoned.' Of saving those who still lived here was no hope whatever tonight. The timbering inside the entire mine was burning, forcing the abandonment of Tescue work at 7 p. m. That any of the men would be burned to death, however, was daemod unlikely. The fire had reached the in take airshaft and it Bcemcd certain that, long before tho flames could reach them, they would have died painful, but still comparatively merciful deaths by suffocation. The fire followed a gns explosion just after the day shift of miners had descended the shaft this morning. Ac cording to official figures there wore K31 men in the mine whon the blast oc curred. Several Killed Instantly. It was so violent that soveral men were killed at tho surface, one man 20 feet away from tho shaft entrance, hav ing his head torn away from his body. Aroused by the terrific crash of tho explosion, the members of the night shift of miners were speedily on the ground, almost to a man, volunteering their services for resc.uo work. The ventilating and hoisting machinery had been completely wrecked, howover, so that much difficulty was experienced in even entering the mine. A way into the workings wait finally force through an adjacent shaft, but even then rescue work was carrlod on under circumstances of tho groatcst danger. Soma An Saved. By desperate exertion 371 of the men in the mine at the time of the explo sion were gathered together, howover, and brought to tho surface before the fire had gained such headway as to drive out the rescue parties. Many of the rescuers wept- in their grief at being compelled to abandon the imprisoned men to their fnto, and some had to be dragged out forcibly, so determined were they to continue their efforts, even If their own llvos paid the forfeit. Of those who were rescued many of tho miners were badly burned, and some probably will succumb to their In juries. TO LET HUSBAND Ol'F EASY. IrniTrn rsKsa masm wiss.J Bosebiirg, Or., Oct. 14. A motion was presented in justice court today signed by Mrs. Hubert ('oh to asking that the charges upon which she caused the ar rest of her husband, Robert Coates, of Aberdeen, Wash., and Miss Lillian It Carter, be dismissed. The court took the matter under advisement until Thursday morning. It would be interesting to know who will really write or tompose many of the ("rrrncy speeches that will be delivered. I mmm.mmT WOAX rv WW HJs' Wu Vi in M1XV UUL UUUUL ' : ' ' " : TH1RTY.SIXTH YEAR. &aiJQL Oregon, Tuesday, October 14, 1913. PMCE TWO CENTS. HUNDREDS. PlDBAW lEAf 1 TOSH' ill - i i - , 00101 Lmm liOR STEEVES IMS SALEM WELFARE LEAGUE lic . MAV l(m P - .FOR CONSTITUTIONAL IN FAVOR OF MAKING ORGANIZED TO OPPOSE "TmAI MM Accused of Killing Cherry De St Man rice, Queen of the Underworld of Sacramento. tJKITBD PKS UUID WIB1.J Sacramento, Cal., Oct. 14. Sam J Baber, cafe entertainer, went on trial here today before Superior Judge W. M. Conley, of Maderia- county, charged with tho murder of Cherry Do 8t. Mau rice, queen of the Sacramento under world. The woman was found dead in her apartments on July 8. Baber confessed that lie and Jack Drumgoole, a prize fighter, entered the woman's apartments for the purpose of robbery. A struggle followed and the woman waa killed. Baber charged that Drumgoole strangled the woman, but Drumgoole alleges that Baber commit ted the crime. Cleo Sterling, an inmate of the Cher ry resort, is awaiting trial on a simi lar charge, and both Baber and Drum goole, who were arrested in San Diego, charge that she planned the robbery. AEROPLANE MAY BE THAT OF DEAD FLYER onitid prbbs uusHb wins. Jersey City, N. J., Oct. li-rAn aero piano, boliavcd to be lt of Albert Jewell, the aviator, who started early yesterday to fly from Hempstead Plain, L. I., to Statojn Island, - and never reached his destination, was Been float ing today in the Hackeusack river, Communlpaw roservos are investigat ing. . ; CAPTAIN AND MATES ABE PUNISHED FOB SHIP'S LOSS fUNITSD FRINg LSABSD WIRI.l Portland, Or., Oct. 14. Finding him guilty of negligonce, a court' of inquiry yestorday suspended for throe months the mastor's certificate of Captain Ow en Williams, of tho English bark Glen esslin, which was wrecked in the break ers at Nenh-Kali-NIo mountain, Oregon, October 1.. - ' L. W. Howard, first mnto, was repri manded for not acting quickly in the emergency which arose whon tho Glon esslin too closodly approached the shore. The severest penalty imposed waa ac corded Second Mat John K. Colefiold, whoso certificate was suspoudod for bIx months, the court finding him guilty of greut negligence In going too close to shore and in not calling Captain Wil liams before doing so. AUTO VICTIM MADE HAPPY. united ransa umssd wirs.) Washington, Oct. 14. Fifteonycar old Bobbie C'raford, s messenger, who rode in front of President Wilson '$ au tomobile s few days ago, was a happy lad today. When he left the hospital, fully recovered, he rocoived a brand new wheel, the gift of the presidont, and a perirenal lottor. MAY NOT BE PLAGUE. rtmiTMi raise urno wtsa.J Bcatlo, Wash., Oct. 14. Dr. D. F. Lloyd, of the United States henlth scr Vice doubts- that the rats recently caught In Seattle had bubonls plague. This announcement waa made todny when another rat was killed and ex amined by Dr. Lloyd. OF IS RESOLT OF FBHT (ruiTsn prrss i,s)sn wirr.) Philadelphia, Oct. 14. Harry I-ewls, claimant of the welterweight title, Is undor treatment at t hnr.pitnl todny for concimiion of the brnin, following his defeat last night by Joe Hnrrel In the fifth round of s scheduled six-round contest. Dorrel knocked Lewis down twice In the fourth round, tho referee stopping the bout at the beginning of the fifth round to save Lewis from knockout. Lewis became unconscious In his dressing room after the fight, and was rushed to the hospital. Hit condition today was reported serious, but not critical. ELECm IN MEXICO -SALilflSYi PROHiBi MEASURES DAI I JIT JM Washington Thinks Vote of Latter Part of This Month Will Be Farce. HIS ADVISORS WORRYING Feared Huerta Will Be Unable to Se cure Needed Fundi Unless Wash ington Recognizes Hlnj. " " (onitid raasa Lum srua.t- Washington, Oct. 14. President Wil son and government officials ' save abandoned hope for a constitutional olection in Mexico whereon to baa rec ognition. They think the election latt this month will develop into a farce, and it is practically certain thai no president elected in Mexico undor the present dictatorship will be recognized. The fact that Germany, has ordered a war vessel to proceed to Mexico and that 4 Great Britain, according to re ports, plans to withdraw recognition of Huerta, hias inoreased-President Wil son 's faith in the administration policy. ConBtitutionalista represeentatlves hore predict the early dissolution of the Huerta regime. Tyrant's Advisers Worried. , Vera Cruz, Mex,, Oct 14. Provision al President Huorta's advisors were more worried 'today concerning Mex ico 's foreign relations than over, inter nal conditions, according to informv tion from tho capital. News that Washington will not rec ognize any presidont elected undor the prosout dictatorship had placed Huer ta in an awkward position, it was said. I'Yr tho sake of bis prestige with the army he could not Tocodo from his lat est step. To prevent his own official acts from causing him trouble, it was nocessary for him to control tho elec tion. And yet it was conceded that unless ho can sejuro recognition either for himself or for somo one he can con trol, his situation will become impossi ble soon, Funds Badly Needed, Funds, it was said, absolutely must be had to run tho government, and, though ho did succeed in obtaining a temporary supply, it was admittod that it is not likoly more will bo obtainable except with tho Washington adminis tration's sanction. Tho arrival of tho American cruiser Tacoma and information that tho Ger man cruiser Hortha wpa on its way to patrol Mexican waters did not mend matters. Mexicans were beginning to resent this surveillance bitterly and it embarrassed tho Huorta regime. The outcome of the conference said to bo scheduled for today boPwoen President Wilson and his cal) i not was I nam io De anxiously awaitiM at the na tional palace In Mexico City. Deputies Held In Jail. The capital itself vim reported quiet, but strongly patrolled by troops, with Uuerla under a heavy guard. Tho dep uties he had arrested for insisting on an investigation of the diHappearance of Honor Domlnguez, for which Huerta was believed to be responsible, remain- (Continued on Page Five.) layer of Musician Winters is Caught and Confesses His Guilt (ONITID MISS lMm WISS.l Portland, Or., Oct. 14. Lloyd H. Wil kins, charged with murdering Lull L, Winters, s musician, who was found early Sunday morning in a suburb with his skull fractured and later died as the result of the Injuries he sustained, wps sjrertcd early today near Vancouver, Washington. According to Wilklns, he had as ac Everybody Is Doing All He Can to Bring About Prohibition Here, He Declares. ' IS HOPEFUL OF SUCCESS Thinks 'Wets" Will Be Defeated sad Saloons Will Be Forced to Close " , ' Their Doors. Mayor Steeves and Bevs. Irvine and Hammond were the speakers at a "dry'- election meeting hold last even ing at the Jason Lee church, in Salein. Bev. Hammond ' urged the voters, to get out early November 4, and, if pos sible, vote before noon. . He believed that, by massing the' votes in the fore noon',' they would create an effect that would help carry the eleetlon. He urged those present, to not forget he importi ance of his or her vote, and the influ ence they could exert on, .thoir neigh bors. Ho also urged upon those who are to canvass the town the necessity of doing their work thoroughly, and in fluencing all voters possible.-. Compliments Mayor. Bev. Irvine paid a tribute to the men who will not allow their position to de ter them from taking a stand on 'im portant issues. He said many officials feared to mix in a campaign of thia kind. He concluded br complimenting Mayor Steeves for allying bimsolf with the temperance cause in the . present campaign, and introduced the mayor. . In his address, Mayor Steeves stated that he would do all he could to aid those who are seeking to eliminate sa loons in Salom. He had not understood that he was t) make the principal speech of the evening, and had been prevented from preparing an extensive address by a press of business. He said, In part: (Continued on page four.) IDTS CASE united raise lbisiId wiiis.1 New York, Oct. 14. With bis cloth ing badly soiled and wearing a beard of soveral weeks' growth, Hans Schmidt, confessed murderor of Anna Aiimuller, appeared before Justice Malono today to answer to the indictment charging him with murder. Attorney Koclbe, representing Schmidt, asked that the formal arraignment be postponed for s woek, snd his roqiiost was granted. 77ie Weather The Dickoy Bird says: Oregon: Fair east tonight and Wodnosdny, rain west portion to night or Wednes day; southerly winds, complice, but tho police disbelieve this statement. Wilklns said that he and his alleged accomplice met Winters as the latter alighted from a street car snd tried to Induce him to disclose the whereabouts of Wilklns' wife, from whom he waa estranged. At Winters' refusal Wilkins miti he strum him over the heed with an umbrella. Winters ran, acconling to Wilklns, and he declare he did not TO HATE To BE.l IH MEXICO Reads the Says Experience in "Dry" Sec tions Far From Satisfac tory to People. STRICT REGULATION BEST Prohibition Would Create Disrespect for Law, Cans Turmoil and Hurt . City,. Is Claimed. The Salem Welfare League waa or ganized October 13, 1913, by a large body of .merchants, business men and j labor orHaizetion members for the purpose of financially and morally op posing the prohibition measures to be submitted to the people at the special , election in November and tho city elec tion in December. The members of the league were of one accord in condemning prohibition. Many of them had lived in dry terri tory and all were free to admit that general conditions woro worse by far than those of Salem at the preeent time. The following declaration of princi ples waa unanimously adopted: Declaration of Principles. We believe that there ia no public demand, based upon economical reason ing, for Salein to adopt prohibitory measures regarding the sale of liquor. We sincerely believe that it would be folly for Salem to change its present method of handling the liquor question for prohibition, the Utter admittedly but a doubtful experiment wherever tried in cities and in many instances an absolute failure. . To adopt loeal prohibition in Salom, surrounded as tho city is by anti-prohibition territory, would prove a farce and its resultant effects would be detri mental to the best interests of the city. Prohibition would crcat diBrespoct for existing laws made for the purpose of its onforcomentj it would create blttor nees and would disrupt the present good feeling and eiithusiasm that is do ing so much toward the building up s greater and more prosperous Salem, We favor strict regulation of the liquor traffic and strict enforcement of the laws in Salom, but are opposed to continued agitation of local prohibition measures that can accomplish no useful purpose, Wo bellevo that Salem hms mado great progress in the at few years in governing and controlling the sale of liquor through strict and proper regu lations, and most sincerely hope that the voters of Salem will leave well enough alone. SALEM WELFARE! LEAGUK, W. II. Kldrldge, John D. Turner, Chairman. Secretary. These members wore elected as an ad visory committee: P. W. Slousloff. Russell Catl!n, ,' A. N. Oilbort. J. Thompson. .In in on McBvoy, ; F, A, Hponcer, '.' C. 8. Hamilton. K. P. McCornack. Squlro Farrar. Ir, R. (artwrlght. Henry D, Thlolseii. (Continued on page S.) know that the blow had resulteed fa tally until he real of It in the news papers, The police theory, however, is that Winters was struck a terrific blow from behind with a blunt Instrument. Wi'.l.lns had been separated from his wife for almost s year, and is said to have held Winters responsible for the estrangement. Daily Capital Journal riNrraD raass Lsiiav wua New York, Oct. 14. Lack of relig ious education in the public schools was deplored today by Bishops Greer, of New York, and Gaylor of Tennessee, before a joint session of the houses of bishops and of deputies st the triennial convention of the Protestant Episcopal church. . . , It was to the absence of such early education that they attributed the pres ent "decline in Christian morality." AMERICANS FLEEING. IINITBD PBSSS U1SBD WHS. Eagle Pass, Tex., Oct. 14. Americans and other foreign residents are fleeing from Monterey, Mexico, as a result of reports that Mexican rebels are con centrating for an attack on that city. IS V leaves Many orphans Ten Fatherless snd Motherless Babes Among Those Arriving in Francs on Sescus Ship. - ...i - . - UNITED PRXBS UDiSRD WIR1. Havre, France, Oct. 14. With 42 survlvorB from the lost ship Volturno oa board, the French liner LaToi'raiae arrived here today. Of the 42, ten were fatherless and motherless babies less than a year old, their parents having beon lost in the disaster. To Probe Fire Story. Liverpool, Oct. 14. The steamship Devonian arrived hero this afternoon with its contingent of the survivors from tho burned liner Volturno. They were transhipped to a vessol bound for New York. Officials of the Uranium Steamship company, wheih operated tho Volturno, wore preparing today to demand an in vestigation of tho firo, insisting it was incendiary. Their theory Is that it was started by a bomb which, they said, they belloved was planted at the instigation of a rival company.' This company, they as sorted, had beon fomonting trouble be tween Uranium company and its em ployes for some tlm, Tho Uranium's management has received many threat ening letters, and shortly before the Volturno left Rottordnm there was a dispute between the officers and mem bers of the crew. Says It Is False. New York, Oct. 14. "All rot and foolish," waa tho way Edward Thomas, manager of the Uranium line denied tho allegation by Frederick Rndke at Havre today that tho Volturno carried only nine lifoboats. "No liner afloat carrlod a finer ar ray of lifeboats than did the Voltur no," added Thomas. "Anybody know ing anything of maritime law knows that the Volturno could not' have sailed with only nlno lifoboats, Tho govern ment Inspectors would have forbidden It." IS STILL IN HIDING UNiisn rssso i.Rtsfin wms.l London, Oct. 14, Tho police had not been able today to find Miss Sylvln Pnnkhurts, who, arrexled while she was addressing a suffragette meeting here Inst night, was rescued by the suf fragcltcs. The militants were Jubilant over their victory in the encounter. CASE CONTINUED. UNITND rSSS I.SASSn WIRI.f Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 14, The trial of Jess Willard and 11 others, charged with engaging In a prlr.o fight was do biyed today by the lnterKltion of de murrom by tlielr attorney, Karl Honors. The ease was continued until Thursday. hhhm i! TEE LARGEST ! CIRCULATION Anti-Suher Members of Im peachment Court Oppose the Amendment. SATISFIED IT HAS SUFFICIENT VOTES Regardless of All Technical!, ties Sulzer May Be Ousted Tomorrow. ' Itmmi niii lbissd wna. Albany, N. Y., Oct. 14. That the anti Sulzor members of the impeach ment court, which has been trying the governor for his official life had de termined not to refer the impeachment articles back to the assembly, but to push straight ahead with the plan to re move the executive, regardless of forme and technicalities, was reported this af tonioon. , The prosociition was satisfiod, it was said; that it had enough votes to remove tho , governor, overruling the justices of the eotift appeals -if-iwesry', and that it could simply affirm tbs sufficiency of the Peck and Moriren- tluiu testimony and force a ballot, prob ably tomorrow. Tammany men gonorully credited the report. It was hopeless early today for the prosecution to try to bide its realiza tion of the dilemma In which it found itself and the lawyers hardly attempted it. Suiter's Attorneys Elated. Attorney Stanchfiold even offcrod to re-open tho entire caso and t( pormlt Sub.er to tell his own story from the witness stand, or to introduce testimony in rebuttal of the evidence iriven bv Duncan W. Peck and Henry Morgen- tlutu, who testified that tho governor tried to got them to supiiross evidence against him, if In return he would con- sout to such an ameiidmont to the arti- les of Impeachment as would put tho prosociition 'a case on a firmor basis. All ho got In return for his offor was a jeering charnctori.atlnn of his nrnn- r - r ositlon from Attorney Lewis Marshall, of the defense, as s "plea in bankrupt cy." Tho prosocutlon. Marshall de- clnred, had "fallen of its own weight." WOMEN WANT PLACES. UKITBD raiSS MASSD WIRS.) ' New York, Oct. 14. The houso of deputies at tho Episcopal church con vention was expoctod to take up at its next session tho memorial submitted by the women's auxiliaries of the board of missions for representation in the house. The auxiliaries adopted the me morial unanimously. They asked that ono of the oight delegates from, each liocoso bo s woman, ARKANSAS TO OO "DBY" (IINITSD rsiss I.IASID WHS. Little Hock, Ark., Oct. 14. The state supreme court sustained today tho va lidity of the Going prohibition bill, ami Arkaimas will become "dry" after Jan uary 1, next., Tho Inw requires a peti tion containing the names of a majority of white adults of any community after the entire foniinunlty lints been voted "wet," under local option, before tho county Judge may grant a liquor license. EXPRESS RATE REDUCTION. (VNITRD rsRSS !.BASIIJ WIIII.1 Washington, Oct. 14. The Interstate comtnerco commlwlon this afternoon ex tended to December 1 the time for the recently ordered reduction in exprecs rates to become effective. The com mission rcfuncd to rsvlse the rnten, Ig noring the requests of attorneys repre senting tho express companies. aWf IkbU I 111. m m